The Firearm Blog is reporting that the Rossi Ranch Hand is now available.  The mare’s leg style lever action pistol has already been much maligned by armchair gun fighters and mall ninjas who claim that anything that isn’t a Glock is a useless hunk of junk, but a ATF approved short barreled rifle is a handy woodsrunnung gun for we who like to travel light.

Now the Ranch Hand has avoided running afoul of the ATF’s arcane rules is technical mumbo-jumbo you probably won’t ever need to know. The point is that the 12″ barrel and short “stock” (which doesn’t count as a stock because it’s part of the reciver?) makes it easier (if not comfortable) to shoot long distances and the lever action is as reliable an action that has ever been invented. The Ranch Hand can fit inside a bag or be lashed to a pack andbe out of the way until you need it. Easy to cache and easy to maintain, the new Rossi is also selling for under $500 which makes it a good deal. I’m currently putting calls into the local guns stores to get one now.